Bad... total cost of ownership is too high. Too many fingers in the pie (tape group, dasd group, TCPIP group, operations etc... When you begin to figure out total cost of ownership, you have to add all of these support teams into the equation, not to mention the internal charge (funny money) for MIPS usage on the mainframe that you'll incur. TSM will also be at the mercy of the mainframe IPL schedule as well, which typically is on Saturday night into Sunday morning (a window that you really want open for your large archives or db backups)
If you're on any other platform, your costs should drop significantly. e.g. If you have a P690, you have 1 SA managing that server. You don't need nearly the staff that you'd require for a mainframe solution. How often does an AIX or Sun machine have to be taken down for maintenance? (not often). And finally, a P690's I/O is comparable to a mainframes. If you get the budget, go with a big Unix system. Run screaming from the mainframe solution. You'll save a lot of headaches and meetings. Just my opinion. Regards, Joe -----Original Message----- From: Spearman, Wayne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM on Mainframe We do. It works fine for us, but we are migrating off to Unix for D.R. reasons. -----Original Message----- From: LeBlanc, Patricia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 1:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM on Mainframe Does anyone out there use TSM on a mainframe? Good? Bad? Indifferent?? Thanks!! pattie This message and any included attachments are from NOVANT HEALTH INC. and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail. Thank you.
